3.3.164
लिङ् चोर्ध्वमौहूर्तिके
Operational rule vidhi
The affix लिङ् (Benedictive) (as well as कृत्य and लोट् (Imperative) ) is used (under similar circumstances in the sense of 1. direction 2. permission etc.) when the time is future by a मुहूर्त (48 minutes or an Indian hour); (or the Potential may be used as well when it signifies 'at this very moment').
Word by word (padaccheda)
Substitute / term prathamā · ekavacanaIndeclinable च avyayaRight context ऊर्ध्वमौहूर्तिके saptamī · ekavacana
- Substitute / term Prathamā (1st case): in operational rules, the substitute or the thing introduced; in definitions, the term or its referent.
- Indeclinable An avyaya such as च "and", वा "optionally", न "not".
- Right context Saptamī (7th case): "when X follows", the operation applies to what precedes (1.1.66 तस्मिन्निति निर्दिष्टे पूर्वस्य). Also a condition or domain ("in the sense of").
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Full reading
लिङ् च ऊर्ध्वमौहूर्तिके
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Commentary
The affix लिङ् (Benedictive) (as well as कृत्य and लोट् (Imperative) ) is used (under similar circumstances in the sense of 1. direction 2. permission etc.) when the time is future by a मुहूर्त (48 minutes or an Indian hour); (or the Potential may be used as well when it signifies 'at this very moment').
The words प्रैष &c. of the last sutra must be read into this. The force of च is to introduce the words कृत्या and लोट् from the last sutra, into this. Thus ऊर्ध्वं मुहूर्त्तादुपरि मुहूर्तस्य भवता खलु कठः कर्तव्यः, करणीयः, कार्यः, or भवान् खलु कटं कुर्यात (Potential) or करोतु (Imperative). 'You may make the mat after an Indian hour'; or 'you must &c', or 'it is proper time for you to make a mat just now'. Compare 3.3.9.
Śrīśa Chandra Vasu, The Ashtadhyayi of Panini (1897), via ashtadhyayi.com.